Posts tagged with Political History

I'm the owner of a tiddlywink factory, I have millions of
tiddlywinks that are colored blue. I'm in competition
with a tiddlywink factory who's tiddlywinks are
colored red. The other factory wants to run me out of
business. He sends his lobbyists to congress, where
they make donations to individual campaign? funds, both
parties. The congress makes a law where all tiddlywinks must
be colored red (Blue tiddlywinks are polluting the planet) or
be closed down until complying with the new law. The cost
of changing the color of my tiddlywinks and the rising cost of
labor is too exorbitant. So my only option is to close my
tiddlywink factory and lay off all the employees.

After my tiddlywink factory has been closed, my competitor
closes his factory and moves his operation over seas to
take advantage of the cheap labor and the lower costs for materials.
After laying off all of his employees, he then again sends his lobbyist
in to have the laws/trade agreements changed to his advantage. He makes
huge profits and transfers them over seas to a tax haven to avoid paying
higher taxes in this country from selling his favored imports.

Since millions of employees are without jobs and can't
purchase tiddlywinks, he is losing profits that he feels he
is due him from his seed payments. Again, he sends his lobbyists
in and has a law passed that will give him borrowed tax payers
funds that he feels will make up for the profits he has lost.
When he receives these funds he again transfers them to
his offshore tax havens or invests them in over sea's adventures.

When his tiddlywinks (in which he has a monopoly on) are over stocked
in this country, and less people can afford to buy tiddlywinks, he raises
the price of tiddlywinks (in this country) and ships his excess stock for
sell over seas! (It is that profit thingy)!

In that there are no jobs and no more consumers this nation
is eventually bankrupted!

IT IS THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD! TAKE FROM THOSE WHO STILL HAVE
A LITTLE AND GIVE IT TO THE FEW THAT WANT IT ALL!

It is the Fabian (gradual reformation of the system from nationalism
to internationalism) counter version of the Marxist statement of "take
from those who have and give it to those who don't have"! It is that
one utopian world where everyone is equal, "Thingy"!

IN OTHER WORDS, DO IT TO THE PEONS BEFORE THE PEONS CAN DO
IT TO YOU!

In all reality, there is no difference between the Left or the Right!
They both are attempting to destroy the PART (Nationalism) for the
WHOLE (Internationalism)!

The left and the right are "Shaking and Baking" and "We the People" are
helping them!

Is the current Syrian "Tyrannical" Government getting their payback for not
joining the Global (IN) Crowd?

THAT WILL "LEARN YA - DERN YA"!

Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, and now Syria. I'm assuming Iran will be
the next target to be whacked by the Internationalusts!!!

Syria along with Iran, North Korea and several Central and South
American countries have always been considered part of the "Evil Empire".
With the fall of these countries, who will Russia and China sell their
AK-47s to? Oh! thats right, they could smuggle them through the U.S.
into Mexico for world wide distribution! Anyone remember the Iran-Contra
Affair?

From Wikipedia:
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Given the policies adopted from the 1960s through the late
1980s, which included nationalization of companies and private
assets, Syria failed to join an increasingly (interconnected
global economy). Syria withdrew from the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT-1947 until it was replaced by the World Trade
Organization (WTO) in 1995) in 1951 because of Israel's creation.
Syria has never been a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Syria was developing regional free trade agreements. As of 1 January
2005, the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) came into effect and
customs duties were eliminated between Syria and all other members
of GAFTA.

In addition, Syria has signed a free trade agreement with Turkey,
which came into force in January 2007, and initialed an Association
Agreement with the European Union, which has yet to be signed.
Although Syria claims a recent boom in non-oil exports, its trade
numbers are notoriously inaccurate and out-of-date. Syria's main
exports include crude oil, refined products, raw cotton, clothing,
fruits, and grains. The bulk of Syrian imports are raw materials
essential for industry, vehicles, agricultural equipment, and heavy
machinery. Earnings from oil exports as well as remittances (pay backs)
from Syrian workers are the government's most important sources of
exchange.

In 2009, Syria’s net petroleum exports were estimated to be 148,000 bbl/d.
All oil exports are marketed by Sytrol, Syria’s state oil marketing firm,
which sells most of its volumes under 12-month contracts. Syrian crude oil
exports go mostly to the (European Union), in particular Germany, Italy, and
France, totaling an estimated 137,400 bbl/d in 2009, according to Eurostat.
In 2010, the European Union as a whole spent $4.1 billion on Syrian oil imports.
_

The Syrian Petroleum Company owns 50% stake in Syria's main oil producer: Al-Furat
Petroleum Company. Other shareholders (50%) of the Al-Furat Petroleum Company are Royal
Dutch Shell, India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, and China's National
Petroleum Corporation.

Will we soon see NATO in full force against Syria as we did with Libya?

Why Afghanistan?

Government officials estimate that the country's untapped mineral
deposits are worth between $900 billion and $3 trillion.
One official asserted that "this will become the backbone of
the Afghan economy" and a (Pentagon memo) stated that Afghanistan
could become the "Saudi Arabia (oil) of huge lithium deposits (batteries)".
Another 2009–2011 USGS study estimated that the Khanashin
carbonatite (Concentrations of rare earth elements) in Helmand
Province contained 1,000,000 metric tons (1,100,000 short tons)
of rare earth elements. Afghanistan's biggest cash crop is still
75% of the world's Opium (Heroin) trade!

REUTERS: Feb 12, 2012!
(Reading between the Lines)

The Afghani currency has slipped following its rise through 2010-11 on
the back of large capital inflows (International Funds), sliding from
49 to the dollar to around 46 cents, making foreign havens and currencies
more attractive. (Sounds a lot like what is happening to the United
States - giving our tax money to finacial interests for investment
in overseas ventures)

The head of the (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) in Kabul,
said Afghanistan needed a stronger system of capital controls, adding
the agency is setting up financial investigations (institutions?) to deal
with not only laundering of money from the opium trade but also to monitor
cross-border cash flows.

"It is a huge concern," he said. "This country cannot afford this
and we need to have better capital controls and have the money within
this country invested in productivity(?), so we can share the rewards
that it will bring."

With the U.S. government employing military advisers into
this region are we seeing another Viet Nam/Iraq/Libya in the
making? I for one would never say that the International Oil
Cartels and other International Corporations/Governments are
licking their chops to gain full control of this area.

Back ground:

An overwhelming majority of South Sudanese voted in a January 2011
referendum to secede and become Africa's first new country since
Eritrea split from Ethiopia in 1993. The new nation stands to benefit
from inheriting the bulk of Sudan's oil wealth, but continuing disputes
between Sudan and South Sudan and a lack of economic development cloud
South Sudan's immediate future. (BBC)

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) January 2012 — A South Sudan official says the country
is shutting down its oil production because Sudan is stealing its oil.
(Not paying them for what they were promised)

Current exploitation opportunities:

(From Wikipedia)
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The economy of South Sudan is one of the world's weakest and
most underdeveloped (ripe for exploitation) with South Sudan
having little existing infrastructure and the highest maternal
mortality and female illiteracy rates in the world as of 2011.
South Sudan exports timber to the international market. The region also
contains many undeveloped natural resources (trillions of dollars)
such as petroleum, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten,
mica, silver, gold, and hydropower. The country's economy, as in
many other developing countries, is heavily dependent on agriculture.
(Many in the developed countries want it kept undeveloped)

Oil!

The oilfields in the South have kept the region's economy alive
since 1999. However, after South Sudan became an independent nation
in July 2011, southern and northern negotiators were not immediately
able to reach an agreement on how to split the revenue from these
southern oilfields. It is estimated that around (80%) of the untapped
oil deposit in Sudan is in South Sudan. The oil revenues according
to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), were split equally for
the duration of the agreement period. Since South Sudan relies on
pipelines, refineries, and Port Sudan's facilities to the Red Sea
in Sudan, the agreement stated that the government of Sudan in
Khartoum would receive 50% share of all oil revenues. This arrangement
was maintained during the second period of autonomy from 2005 to 2011.
A similar arrangement is likely to continue during the independence
era of South Sudan, with northern negotiators reportedly pressing for
a deal maintaining the 50–50 split of oil revenues and the South Sudanese
holding out for more favorable terms. Oil revenues constitute more than
98% of the government of South Sudan's budget according to the southern
government's Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and this has
amounted to more than $8 billion in revenue since the signing of the
peace agreement. (Currently, Sudan is keeping most of the revenues
from these sales to the International Oil Cartels)
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South Sudan's economy is currently under pressure to diversify away
from oil by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquartered
in Washington, D.C..

Evidently this untapped oil is not needed at the moment by the
International Oil Cartels! Control the area and save the oil
until its more profitable!

My Question: Is there any real difference between the Democratic or
Republican Parties? Their rhetoric is the same! This time its the
Democrats that are sending military advisers into Africa!

IN POLITICS, WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL TO OFFER
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ATTACK YOUR OPPONENTS!

The Mitt, Newt and Barry "Kabuki" show!

WASHINGTON (AP)(January 24, 2012) — Newt Gingrich called rival
Mitt Romney a "terrible historian" but flubbed his own history in
Congress on Monday night when he claimed the nation ran
four consecutive budget surpluses during his time as
House speaker. Romney attacked Gingrich's financial links
to Freddie Mac while ignoring his own.

The accusations were fast out of the gate in the latest
Republican presidential debate, and reality got tromped
in the process.

A look at some of claims and how they compare with the facts:

GINGRICH: "When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced
budgets."

THE FACTS: Actually, two.

The four straight years of budget surpluses were 1998 through
2001. Gingrich left Congress in 1999, so he only had a hand
in surpluses for his last two years. The budget ran deficits
for his first two years as speaker.

The highest surplus of that four-year string came in budget
year 2000, after Gingrich was out of office.

Overall, the national debt went up during the four years Gingrich
was speaker. In January 1995, when he assumed the leadership position,
the gross national debt was $4.8 trillion. When he left four years later,
it was $5.6 trillion, an increase of $800 billion.

ROMNEY: "I don't think we can possibly retake the White House if
the person who's leading our party is the person who was working
for the chief lobbyist of Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac was paying Speaker
Gingrich $1.6 million at the same time Freddie Mac was costing the
people of Florida millions upon millions of dollars."

THE FACTS: While going after Gingrich forcefully on the issue, Romney
did not mention his own earnings from the government-backed lender and
its sister entity, Fannie Mae, which came to light in his most recent
financial disclosure report.

The report shows he has as much as $500,000 invested in the two lenders.
GOP presidential hopefuls almost across the board have blamed the two
institutions for contributing to the housing crisis that helped to drag
the nation into recession. Among Romney's ties: a mutual fund worth up
to $500,000 that includes assets from both lenders among other government
income, and separate investments in each of the lenders in Romney's
individual retirement account, each worth between $100,000 and $250,000.

Romney campaign officials said Monday the investments were
handled by a trustee with no direction by the candidate. (AP)

(If you believe Romney didn't have any control over his
and his wife's Blind Trust Funds, I've got some high
and dry land 200 miles off the East Coast of Florida
I will sell you for a cheap price - $10,000 per acre)

As for Newt, is he promoting another one of his books?

All the candidates for both, Republican and Democratic parties, are
Washington Insiders and march to the beat of the Puppet Master's drum!

The last presidential race I voted for Mortimer Snerd. The next
presidential race I'm voting for Jeff Dunham's "Walter". At least
he is more believable than the other two dummies, Republican and
Democrat, that will be seeking the Presidency! (I'm pretty sure
that "Walter" isn't a Washington Insider like the rest of the
candidates are)

VOTING FOR THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS IS STILL VOTING FOR EVIL!

"MALUM QUO COMMUNIOUS EO PEIUS"
(The more common an evil is, the worse it is)

What is Insider Trading/Investing and does Congress take
advantage of their legalized "Insider Information"?

Politically Correct Resolution:

Insider trading/investment is the trading/investment of a
"corporation's" stock or other securities by individuals with
potential access to non-public information about the "company".
In most cases, trading/investment by "corporate insiders" such
as officers, key employees, directors, and large contributors
(Special Interests) may be legal, if this trading/investment is
done in a way that does not take advantage of non-public information
(information not intended for the eyes of the general public). However,
the term is frequently used to refer to a practice in which an insider
or a related party invests based on material of non-public information
obtained during the performance of the insider's duties at the
"corporation", or otherwise in breach of a fiduciary or other
relationship of trust and confidence or where the non-public
information was "misappropriated" from the "company".

Members of the U.S. Congress are not exempt from the laws that
ban insider trading/investment, however, they generally
do not have a confidential or fiduciary relationship
with the source of the information they receive and
accordingly, do not meet the definition of an "insider".
(Legislators have protected themselves from the laws that they
have passed with a "Safe Harbor" provision).

Congress's safe harbor provision.

A safe harbor is a provision of a statute or a regulation
that reduces or eliminates a party's liability under the
law, on the condition that the party performed its actions
in good faith? or in compliance with defined standards?.
Legislators include safe-harbor provisions to protect
legitimate? or excusable? violations, or to exercise the
adoption of desirable practices (such as using insider
information on future laws for their personal gain).
(Information from Wikipedia used in part for the above)

About 57 members of Congress are part of the 1% of the
richest Americans. About 11% of Congress have a net worth
of approximately 9 million dollars, according to a
USA TODAY analysis of 2010. That's enough to place them
in the top 1% of wealth. Congress has 250 millionaires.
Nine times the typical household. The richest is
John Kerry (married wealth)! All members of Congress have
"Blind Trust Funds" in their family member's names of which
they can invest in the areas that they glean from "Insider
Information" or cause to effect a law that will benefit
them personally! Thus the asinine statement, "We have
to pass the law before we can find out what's in it"!
What Congress is actually saying, "We have to pass this
law before the general public finds out what's really
in it"!

"COMMODUM EX INIURIA SUA NEMO HABERE DEBET"
(A wrong doer should not be enabled by law to take
advantage of their actions)

It will be a world where people will hold no animosities
or grudges nor exhort control over anyone else. Where behavior
will always conform to Mother Nature's laws, by learning
to think, say, and do what is rational and obedient to
fulfill the needs of this New (Old) Society. There will be no
need for supervision in that equality (collectivism) will
accomplish this goal. There will be no need for locks on doors
or windows, no religion other than Natural Law, no individuality,
no jealousy, no unkind words, no private ownership, no
National Borders, no legal documents, no addictions, no poverty
(in that everyone will have the same), no crime, no prizes awarded
and there will be ample opportunities for all. There will
be no scoldings, punishments or stress. There will be complete
liberation for women, men and children of every race from the
tyranny of judgements and prejudice, a world with complete social
justice. There will be joyful fellowship among the peoples of the
world, where there will be no strangers or anyone to fear. Daily
life will be an exciting adventure in that there will be
no conflicting thoughts or confrontations.

Conforming to the required actions; thus, will create
this Progressive Utopian New World Order for those who
adhere to its principles. Unlike mankind's philosophies,
religions, and politics, the correct laws are not made
by humans; but, rather by Mother Nature! This new utopian
world will become a reality if the people conform to Mother
Nature and to her natural laws.

Instead of a Utopian World, I feel, that we are being forced
into a Dystopian Society!

"Dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressed and
controlled state under the guise of being Utopian"! It is
a society where financial/corporate interests will
effectively use the government to set policy and make
decisions that will benefit them. They will maniputate,
infiltrate, control, bribe, and direct all the functions
of Government!

So, let us all put flowers in our hair, join hands, skip
down Utopian Lane (path to the New Collectives) singing
kumbaya (of course, the words "Lord/Praying" will have to
be deleted).

Non-Comformists (Individualists) need not apply.
The only exemptions will be for those who will
be in control of this Progressive "Dystopian" New
World Order.

YOU HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THAT WHICH YOU DON'T WANT BEFORE
YOU CAN BUILD THAT WHICH YOU DO WANT!

"Embezzlement and *peculation mean almost the same thing,
but differ in that embezzlement is used mainly to describe the
criminal actions of a private citizen, such as an individual
stealing from their employer, while PECULATION usually applies
to the larger-scale misappropriation of public or collective funds
by people holding positions of trust within the organization
managing those funds, such as the government". (Wikipedia)
(Embezzlement is illegal and Peculation has been legalized
for governmental use only).

*Peculation and Speculation have two different meanings.
(You will not find the word "peculation" in any dictionary?)

PECULATION is that Marxist Progressive thing known as: "Take from
those who earned it and give it to those who didn't earn it (which
includes national and international conglomerates)"!

Actually, the word should be "piculation" rather than peculation,
in that the government "picks" a certain fund to "Borrow From"
and places these funds into another fund that will insure their
reelection! (example: Raiding earned Social Security of 500
billion dollars to pay for unearned Obama Care).

For those who say Social Security is merely an insurance program, why is
it when you make over a certain amount of income from other retirements
that you have to pay income taxes on the Social Security you receive?.
Yes it is adjusted; but, you still have to pay taxes on it. Therefore,
it is considered to be earned income and not insurance income.

Case in point. My wife and myself, who paid $1,500.00 in income taxes just
from receipt of Social Security Retirement income for the tax year 2010!
In addition to paying income taxes on Social Security, there was a forced deduction
of approximately $2,300.00 (my wife and myself) from these Social Security payments
per year for Medicare that I never use (that is until such time the government
abolishes the Veteran Administration's disability program and by that time there
probably won't be a Medicare Program either). An additional $4,800.00 is peculated
each year from my Social Security payment in that I have another retirement where
I didn't pay into social security (Windfall Profit Law). The reason for this deduction
in the retirement manual is the statement: "It's not fair that I should make more money
(even though I paid for it) than those who are in the same category". In other words,
those who retire with the same amount of years and who never worked and paid into
Social Security should not be penalized; however, we are going to penalize you
because you did. It's the same old, same old, "take from those who earned it and give
it to those who didn't earn it"!

My charity to the government, government take backs and taxes, is $20,000.00 per year!
(I guess someone has to pay for their yearly congressional pay raises)

IT'S ANOTHER GOVERNMENT "SHELL GAME" AND IF YOU DON'T WATCH VERY CLOSELY YOU
WILL NEVER KNOW WHERE THE PEA (MONEY) REALLY WENT!

I've resigned myself to the fact that eventually the government will take back
every cent that I've earned over the past 50 years. This is not about me, it's
about our grand children and the world that we are leaving them!

Is there any real difference between a Ponzi Scheme and
Social Security?

A Ponzi Scheme:

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays
returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid
by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned
by the individual or organization running the operation. The Ponzi
scheme usually entices new investors by offering higher returns
than other investments, in the form of short-term returns that are
either abnormally high or unusually consistent. Perpetuation of the
high returns requires an ever-increasing flow of money from new
investors to keep the scheme going. (Wikipedia) Eventually this
scheme will fail due the lack of new investors!

Social Security:

Social Security is a government investment operation that pays
returns to its investors (retired employees) from their own money
they paid in and the money by subsequent investors (the currently
employed), rather than from any real profit earned by the retired
employees or from the organization (the government). Social Security
differs from a Ponzi Scheme by paying Long Term returns rather than Short
Term returns. There is a Social Security Trust Fund; however, this fund has
been pilfered by the government and it contains mainly I.O.U.'s, placed there
by the government. This scheme will also fail due to dwindling investors
(the currently employed). More so, now that the "Baby Boomers" are
applying for their Social Security dividends. With the investment money
being spent over the years by the government, thru the sale of government
bonds (using the Social Security Trust Fund as collateral) to private investors
and using that money for other purposes, the only alternative left is to borrow
the money; thus, putting this Nation deeper into debt! The current debt of the
Social Security system is between two to three trillion dollars, in that
these government bonds have to be paid back with interest!

A Ponzi scheme is a private operation for voluntary investors who want to get
rich quick and the Social Security System is a government operation for
involuntary investors who know they will never get rich!

Since it was passed into law, Social Security has become the Congress's
and the Administration's private "Slush Fund" to do with, whatever; they
desire to do with it!